Cane car



Sept, 20, G, 'w GRASER 1,878,451

CANE GAR Filed Jan. 9, 193

INVENTOR BY I I ORNEY UNITED s Patented Sept. 20, 1932 arjs PATENT oFIcYGEORGE W. GRASER, OF'SAN'J'UAN, PUEETO RICO, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO KOPPEL INDUSTRIAL CAR AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY, OF MCKEESROCKS, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION .OF PENNSYLVANIA CANE CAR 1 vApplication filed. January 9, 1931. Serial No, 507,611.

An object of my invention is to provide a readily operated means forretaining the door holding mechanism of a cane car in door holdw ingposition.

I Another object of my invention is to provide retaining means which isreadily operable into and out of engagement and which when inengagementwill automatically resist acci- M dental disengagement.

in elevation a portion of a cane car embodying my invention; Fig. 2 isan enlarged view showing the locking bar, operating arm and retainingmeans; Fig. 3 is a side elevation a of Fig. 2. q 7

Referring now in detail to the drawing, reference character 1 indicatesa cane car having doors 2 pivotally mounted adjacent the upper side ofthe body and forming theside walls thereof. Adjacent the lower edges ofthe doors are door holding means, preferably in the form of a lever,mounted in suitable journals 4. secured to the body. This door holdingmeans comprises a bar 5 having offset portions 6 which, upon rotation ofthe bar, are adapted to moveinto andout of engagement with the loweredge of the door. On one end of the bar 5 is mounted an operating 1 arm7, in angular relation thereto, which provides a means of rotating thebar. Mounted on the arm 7 is a link member S which is adapted to passthrough an openin 9 1n one of the upright rigid portions of thedoody andbe engaged by a pivotally mounted member 10 secured to the body. Byreferring to Figs. 1 and 3 it will be observed that when the link 8 andmember 10 .are in engagement, the operating arm 7 is retained inposition so W as to bring the offset portions 6 of the bar 5 intoengagement with the lower edge of the door 2, thereby preventing outwardmovement of the door. I

Referring now to Fig. 3 of the drawing it will be observed that themember 10 is pivotally mounted adjacent its upper end on brackets 11secured to the body and that the horizontal plane of the engagement ofthe hook portion 12 of the member 10 with the link 8 is below a similarplane of the pin 13 securing the member 10 to the brackets. In

Referring now to the drawing, Fig. 1 shows mounting to the brackets 11and this handle assists, by the force of gravity, in holding the members8 and 10 in engagement. 5

Assuming the side doors of the body to have been opened to discharge thelading, the operation of locking the doors in closed position is asfollows: the operator, after closing the doors, grasps the operating arm7, moving it 7 upwardly towards the car body into the position shown inFig. 1 after which the link 8 is inserted through the opening 9 in thecar body and the member 10 is manipulated so as to cause the hookportion 12 to engage with the link member 8. r The link 8 and hook 12will now automatically remainin engagement with each other as previouslyexplained. To release the operating arm, the operator grasps the handle14 of the member 10, moving it in the'direction of the arrow of Fig. 3,so as to rotate the hook portion of the member 10 downward and out ofengagement with the link8 after which the operating arm 7 can be rotatedoutwardly and downwardly to release the doors for opening.

Should the operating arm 7 become distorted during operation of the car,the mechanism will still be operable since the arm 7 is of suficientlength to be sprung towards the car body and the link 8 can'berotatedinto position to enter the slot 9 of the body.

From the above it is apparent that I have provided a locking meanscomprising asmall number of parts-which are readily engageable witheach'other and that the one movement of the handle 14 of the member10releases theoperating arm to permit the door holding means to be movedfree of the car doors.

.Having thus described the invention what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is: 1. In a cane car having an outwardlyswinging door, a lever journaled to the body adjacent the free edge ofsaid door, offset portions on said lever for engaging with the door tohold the door in closed position, and

locking means for maintaining the lever in door-holding position, saidmeans comprising a hill: mounted on said lever, a link engaging 7 lookmember mounted on the body and manually operable to engage with saidlink when the lever is moved to door-holding position: 2. In a cane carhaving an outwardly swinging door, a lever j ournaled to the bodyadjacent the free edge of said door, ofl'set portions on said lever forengaging with the door to hold the door in closed position, and

locking means for maintaining the lever in door holding position, saidmeans comprising readily engageable mutually supporting memberspivotally mounted on the body and on said lever.

3. The combination in a cane car having upright side members, of doorspivotally mounted at the sides of the car, a bar mounted in journals atthe sides of the car and e having offset portions for holding the doorsI door, an angularly disposed operatingarm on said door holding means, alink on said operating arm and a link engaging member pivoted to thecar, any door releasing movement of the operating arm, while the saidlink and member arein engagement, tending to rotate said member in alink engaging direction. V I

5. In a cane car, in combination, an out wardly swinging side doorpivoted to the car body, suitable door holding means journaled to saidbody, an operating arm for said means and pivotally mounted members onsaid operating arm and body for retaining the door holding means inposition, said members when in engagement mutually supporting each otheragainst accidental separation.

6. In a cane car in combination, an outwardly swinging side door pivotedto the car body, suitable door holding means j ournaled to said body, anoperating arm for said means,

7 a bifurcated member pivotally mounted on said arm, a member pivotallymounted on said body for engaging said bifurcated member,-

said members when in engagement maintaining said operating arm in doorlocking posi tion. 7

7 In a cane car having an outwardly swinging door in combination,a doorholding means j ournaled at the car ad acent the free end of said doorand movable into engagement with the door, an angularly disbody,suitable door holding means journaled to said body, an operating arm forsaid means and pivotally mounted members on said operating arm and bodyfor maintaining said operating arm in door locking position, said bodymounted member having a cam shaped surface adapted to'be engaged by saidoperating arm member ands'upported thereby.

9. In a cane car in combination, an outwardly swinging side door, doorholding means j ournaled on the car adjacent the free end of said doorand movable into engagement with the door, an angularly disposedoperating arm on said door holding means,

a bifurcatedmember pivotally mounted on said arm, a member pivotallymounted on said body adapted to engage said arm member within saidbifurcations.

'10. In a cane car having an I outwardly swinging door, door holdingmeans journaled on the car adjacent the free end of said door andmovable into engagement with the door,

suitable door holding means j ournaled to said body, an operating armforsaid means, a bifurcated member pivotally mounted on said arm, adownward depending member pivotally mounted on said body having aportion thereof adapted to engage said bifurcated member and supportsame in engagementtherewith.

GEORGE W, GRASERL Ill)

